Background: Rabies is acute viral disease of the nervous system caused by Rhabdo viridae Lyssa virus present in saliva of rabid animals. The aim of this study: Was to assess knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding rabies and its preventive measures. Research design: A descriptive cross sectional study was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Maternal and Child Health Center (B) at Benha City. Sample:Simple random sample was used included 360 mothers. Tools of data collection: A structured interviewing questionnaire was used to assess demographic data of the studied mothers, mothers’ knowledge about rabies, and mothers’ attitude toward rabies. Results: 41.4% of the studied mothers aged 40 years and more, 41.7% of mothers had secondary educational level. 93.1% of the studied mothers had poor knowledge score. 57.5% of the studied mothers had indifferent total attitude score. There were a highly statistically significant relations between demographic characteristics of the studied mothers and their age, educational level, occupation and family income and family size (p < 0.001). There were not significant relationship < br />between the studied mothers' attitude and their socio demographic characteristics (age, educational level, occupation, residence, family income and family size) (p>0.05). Conclusion:There was a highly statistically significant correlation between total knowledge and attitudes of the studied mothers related to rabies (P<0.001). Recommendations:Health educational program should be developed and implemented for mothers about rabies to educate them with the most current information and attitude about the disease and its preventive measures.
Gameel Ahmed, N., Mostafa Elhady, H., & Abd-Elrazek Mahmoud, A. (2021). Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers regarding Rabies and its Preventive Measure. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2(2), 99-111. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.186433
MLA
Noura Gameel Ahmed; Hala Mostafa Elhady; Amina Abd-Elrazek Mahmoud. "Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers regarding Rabies and its Preventive Measure", Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2, 2, 2021, 99-111. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.186433
HARVARD
Gameel Ahmed, N., Mostafa Elhady, H., Abd-Elrazek Mahmoud, A. (2021). 'Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers regarding Rabies and its Preventive Measure', Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2(2), pp. 99-111. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.186433
VANCOUVER
Gameel Ahmed, N., Mostafa Elhady, H., Abd-Elrazek Mahmoud, A. Knowledge and Attitude of Mothers regarding Rabies and its Preventive Measure. Journal of Nursing Science Benha University, 2021; 2(2): 99-111. doi: 10.21608/jnsbu.2021.186433
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